Sentences with phrase «film music composer»

That's pretty prolific for someone who offers up quality work each and every time out, rather than coasting on simplicity like a few other hard - working film music composers out there.

Since then, Ekstrand has become one of the most prolific film music composers to come out of Sweden in recent years.

Composer Bernard Herrmann («Psycho,» «Citizen Kane») was arguably the greatest of all film music composers.

While cinematographers and film music composers may sometimes find themselves featured in the media more than many of their crafts artist colleagues, the one «tech» discipline awarded by the Academy that often brings people into the movie theaters on its own is visual effects.

Not exact matches

Creativity will be the keyword of the evening as it will feature film screening and original live music with the performance of composer Pete Drungle on archive images from Gaumont film studio.

Liberty Media has tasked film composer Brian Tyler to write some new theme music to be used in future F1 broadcasts

If you're looking around for something to watch this Sunday evening that complements the Oscars, the World Science Festival has a great video which features the Coen Brothers, film composer Carter Burwell, Alec Baldwin, and neuroscientist Aniruddh Patel discussing the emotional effects and role of music in film.

The director was also hurt by the sudden departure of composer Bernard Herrmann (who had scored every Hitchcock's movie since 1957) during the making of Torn Curtain, as Herrmann's music had become a key element of the success of Hitchcock's films.

Music and Sound (16:00) heavily features legendary composer John Williams, in which he discusses how the subject matter of the film influenced the creation of the film's score, as well as how the numerous sound effects were researched and created for the film.

For more than a decade, IFMCA award - winning composer Olivier Derivière (Remember Me, Assassin's Creed IV Freedom Cry) has been scoring music for animation, films, and video games and is widely acclaimed for both his composition and innovative approaches to connecting music with the game experience.

Legendary film composer John Williams, the man behind the music for all six Star Wars films and master of the science fictional leitmotif, will return to score Star Wars: Episode VII!

Special Features New high - definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack New interview with British cinema scholar John Hill, author of «Cinema and Northern Ireland: Film, Culture and Politics» Postwar Poetry, a new short documentary about the film New interview with music scholar Jeff Smith about composer William Alwyn and his score «Home, James,» a 1972 documentary featuring actor James Mason revisiting his hometown Radio adaptation of the film from 1952, starring Mason and Dan O'Herlihy Plus: An essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith

Hans Zimmer at the film's premiere; based on the music as heard in the film, this was the first time any of the numerous composers who wrote its music had actually seen the film

Even his music in lower - key films, like the Keira Knightley romance «Last Night,» turned out to be among the composer's highlights.

In a partnership that will remind classic film buffs of Bernard Herrmann and Alfred Hitchcock, composer Danny Elfman and director Tim Burton have forged an enduring relationship between music and motion pictures.

The film is an elegy on the America that Lasseter, music composer Randy Newman — and even this critic — grew up in, and have watched disappear.

I think the direction of the album is totally a product of Jonny Greenwood's new career as the main composer for Paul Thomas Anderson's films, which is a good thing if you love evocative and lush music, as I do, but also a bit disappointing if you're missing some of that Radiohead guitar

The music is by Oscar - nominated composer Alan Silvestri (the «Back to the Future» films, «Forrest Gump»).

Matt Schrader talks at length about his one - of - a-kind project, SCORE: A FILM MUSIC DOCUMENTARY — this definitive doc gets inside the mind of Henry Jackman, Steve Jablonsky, Harry Gregson - Williams, and dozens of influential composers.

The famed Italian film composer, Ennio Morricone at age 87 received the music award for his score to Quentin Tarantino's «The Hateful Eight.»

Out too, of course, is composer Michael Kamen, whose music blessed so many films during his wonderful but all - too - brief career; Wiseman brought along a capable successor in his Underworld: Evolution composer Marco Beltrami.

Unlike most films, where the composer would create the music based on what happens on the screen, it is said that Leone worked the opposite way, constructing scenes to fit the pieces of music.

What really gives this music a mark above that written by other composers for similar films is that there is no schmaltz, no Hollywood glitz detracting from proceedings.

Award - winning composers Michael Giacchino (Lost), Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman (Heroes), Nathan Barr (True Blood), Jim Dooley (Pushing Daisies), John Ottman (Superman Returns), and Avatar: The Last Airbender) have all composed for Comic - Con's fan - favorite series and are here to share a behind - the - scenes perspective on creating music for television and film.

LIFE marks his sixth project with director Daniel Espinosa, having previously composed music for his films Babylonsjukan, Outside Love, Snabba Cash, and Child 44, and the Danish short film The Boxer, which was his first work as a composer.

Sony Masterworks Classic Film Scores In 1972 Charles Gerhardt released his famous Classic Film Score Series featuring the music of some of the greatest composers of the Golden Age of film.

Jermaine Stegall is a composer, conductor, and producer of film and television music.

Fellows participate in workshops and creative exercises under the guidance of leading film composers and film music professionals acting as Creative Advisors.

Tom Holkenborg, aka Junkie XL, is a Grammy - nominated and multi-platinum producer, musician, and composer whose versatility puts him on the cutting edge of contemporary music, as well at the vanguard of exciting new film composers.

Douglas Pipes is a film and television music composer based in Los Angeles, whose feature films include the Academy Award - nominated and Sony animated feature MONSTER HOUSE, the Warner Bros / Legendary Films cult hit TRICK «R TREAT, and the Legendary / Universal Pictures Christmas horror comedy KRAMPUS.

The Sundance Institute Music and Sound Design Labs provide a space for composers, directors and sound designers to collaborate on the process of providing music and sound for Music and Sound Design Labs provide a space for composers, directors and sound designers to collaborate on the process of providing music and sound for music and sound for film.

«Music of Moonstruck» features composer Dick Hyman talking about the musical choices that were made on the film.

Benjamin Wallfisch seemed likely to become a film composer of real note just a few years ago, writing elegant, classically - styled music of sophistication, suggesting he might follow the path of someone like Alexandre Desplat if he got the big breaks.

According to Film Music Reporter, composers Nate Walcott and Mike Mogis are rejoining director Josh Boone for his upcoming film

Not only do they think they can get this thing looking as good as at least Toy Story 2 (a movie that still holds up), but they also brought in Oscar - winning composer Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast) to write original music for the film.

Levinson always picks the perfect composer for each film he scores rather than rigidly sticking with the same one, and the roster of composers with whom he has worked is a virtual who's who of the film music business - Alex North, Bruce Broughton, John Williams, Randy Newman, Ennio Morricone, Hans Zimmer, Christopher Young, and others.

With an operatic sweep, the composer has fashioned music which manages to conjure the same type of powerfully anguished beauty as the great Georges Delerue did in his scores for more serious films.

On the latest Crew Call, the Long Island native and two - time Oscar nominee of The Hurt Locker and 3:10 to Yuma talks with us about his latest work as well as his early days at Yale Music, and how he decided to take the plunge into film scoring thanks to The Omen and Poltergeist composer Jerry Goldsmith.

But that's when I heard the very beautiful music of RACHEL PORTMAN for the first time, and rejoice that there's a living film composer able to craft thematic material that contributes so wonderfully to the scoring gestalt.

This is serious, intelligent music from one of the finest film composers of the day and is highly recommended.

The best thing about films like this for composers is that they usually allow them to go wildly over-the-top because the filmmakers want music that's as loud and frenetic as possible.

So, for those interested composers reading, they can currently go to: http://secretsoffilmscoring.blogspot.com The feedback has been incredible, «I learned more about film scoring here, than I had in the last 10 years», «No one out there today will teach you what Evan does», «god bless him for his commitment to improving the condition of the film music industry», «a genius at what he does», «incredibly well informed with a lot of experience».

My biggest heros in this art are Bernard Herrmann («Psycho», «Taxi Driver», «Citizen Kane», «Vertigo») and Jerry Goldsmith («The Omen», «Poltergeist», «Basic Instinct»,» Papillon»), both of whom were pioneers in understanding the psychology of film and communicating drama through music, and I'm doing my best to follow in their example, and try to be one of the more considerate film composers out there... so, I was anxious to hear back if they agreed I hit the bullseye, blind.

There are a couple of familiar key tracks here (Hank Levy «s, which gives the film its title, and Duke Ellington «s «Caravan,» among them), but an overwhelming amount of the music in the film is original and from composer Justin Hurwitz, who played in a band with Chazelle at Harvard.

Whereas a director like Ryan Coogler may have in the past sought out luminaries in film scoring like John Williams, Hans Zimmer, or Thomas Newman — and does in fact have original music by composer, Ludwig Göransson (best known for his work with Childish Gambino)-- his decision for the soundtrack is something that other directors will surely copy.

YAMATO: Talk about working with your sister, Eve Egoyan, on the classical piano music in the film, and with your longtime composer, Mychael Danna.

The film's soundtrack, which featured choral music written by leading French film composer Bruno Coulais, hit number one on the French charts.

Meanwhile, Slumdog Millionaire's success, and specifically the three music nominations which rewarded homegrown composer AR Rahman, also appear to have silenced the national row in India over the film's portrayal of the bleaker aspects of life in sprawling Mumbai.

It seems like back then, the horror genre in particular inspired composers to really try to write something interesting and different, which makes it all the more ironic that today it's the one genre where film music has truly reached an all - time - high of genericism.

«The Chant» (5:19) reveals how composer Hans Zimmer transformed extras» chanting into the film's music.